CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2002
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• Publication Date: December 21, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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21 December 1966
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
JORDAN: UAC pressing ahead in attempt to put Iraqi
and Saudi troops in West Jordan. (Page 2)
INDIA: Communal and religious fanaticism may cause
violence. (Page 3)
CEYLON: Cut in rice rations could touch off disorders.
(Page 4)
INDONESIA: Military and civilian leaders initiate cam-
paign to depose Sukarno. (Page 5)
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Jordan: Jordan's radical Arab neighbors are try-
ing to keep up the pressure on Husayn's regime.
The United Arab Command (UAC) is pressing
ahead to implement the Arab Defense Council's re-
cent decision to station Iraqi and Saudi forces in
Palestinian west Jordan,
Jordan, despite its Muctant
agreement to the efense Council decision, still pre-
fers to avoid the actual stationing of foreign Arab
troops in west Jordan.
11raqi troops had taken positions near the Jor-
danian border in preparation for entering Jordan.
Iraq supports the entry into
Jordan of the Palestine Liberation Organization's
PLO "arm "
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India: The government is again confronted with
possible violence resulting from communal and re-
ligious fanaticism.
A Sikh politico-religious leader in the Punjab,
now in the fifth day of a ten-day fast scheduled to end
with self- immolation, is attempting to force the gov-
ernment to grant territorial and political concessions
to the recently created Punjab State. There is no
present indication that a compromise with the central
government is forthcoming. Home Minister Chavan
says that he has no intention of retreating in the face
of the Sikh leader's threats. Army units in the area
have been alerted, partial censorship has been im-
posed, and the government has banned public meetings
and has forbidden citizens to carry weapons.
Should the Sikh carry through with his threat to
commit suicide on 27 December, or should the gov-
ernment attempt to prevent him by forcibly entering
the temple in which he has barricaded himself, com-
munal tension could be heightened between the Sikhs
of the Punjab and their Hindu neighbors.
The government faces an even more serious
threat of unrest in the event of the death of a prom-
inent Hindu religious leader now in the 32nd day of a
fast against cow slaughter. His fast followed the
rioting in New Delhi on 7 November, which resulted
in the replacement of the home minister with the
tougher minded Chavan.
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Ceylon: The government is preparing for dis-
orders in the wake of its decision to halve the rice
rations.
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Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake fears a repeti-
tion of widespread civil disorder which toppled his gov-
ernment after it cut rations in 1953. He has attempted
to soften the impact of the recent cut by announcing that
the rice ration will be distributed free. He has also
reinstated emergency regulations giving him extensive
powers to quell civil disorder and curb leftist opposition.
So far no major incidents have occurred and Mrs.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the former prime minister and
leader of an opposition alliance, has called on the public
not to create tension. However, left-wing elements may
still try to exploit the politically explosive situation.
Armed police are patrolling Colombo and are prepared,
with the assistance of the armed forces, to put down any
violence.
Senanayake's immediate problem is to find enough
rice to feed Ceylon at prices it can afford. Ceylon im-
ports about 500, 000 tons annually- -almost 50 percent
of its rice supply. Communist China, through a rice
for rubber trade agreement, has contracted to supply
its usual 200, 000 tons next year. Burma, Ceylon's
other major supplier, reportedly has defaulted on De-
cember deliveries and has contracted to deliver only
half its normal supply of 200, 000 tons in 1967.
Negotiations with Thailand are in process, but
Senanayake does not expect Bangkok to furnish more
than its usual 100, 000 tons. The government is ex-
ploring the possibility of purchasing rice from Taiwan
and North Korea,, but it is unlikely that these countries
can fill the gap.
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Indonesia: Top-ranking military and civilian
leaders have begun a concerted campaign to depose
President Sukarno.
The campaign has opened with widespread public
criticism of Sukarno and pressure for an emergency
session of congress, Indonesia's highest policy-mak-
ing body. The press, youth groups, and action fronts
have issued demands that Sukarno resign or be re-
moved. Those pushing the campaign reportedly in-
tend to follow these attacks with formal action by con-
gress to depose the President.
General
has vetoed plans
for anti-Sukarno student demonstrations which had
been scheduled for early January. Student planning,
however, apparently is continuing, probably with the
hope that Suharto will reverse or modify his decision.
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